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Make a pact with one of six demons, then explore cursed dungeons and build turn-based combat skills to repel an invasion.
Released 26 May 2022
Choose a Demon Patron
Build Skill Synergies
Explore Cursed Dungeons
Hellslave is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler where you make a pact with the Devil to fight back a demon invasion. Customize your character with powerful demonic abilities, explore a cursed world, and battle nightmarish enemies to save humanity if you can resist the darkness.
Developed by Ars Goetia · Published by Dear Villagers, Gamersky Games
As a hero in a world under demonic invasion, you make a pact with one of six demons. Your chosen patron shapes your character’s class and available powers as you fight the forces overrunning the land.
Travel across maps to settlements and dangerous locations, including crypts and caves. Explore dungeons, take quests, uncover lore and items, and battle groups of enemies and powerful bosses in turn-based combat.
Develop your character with active and passive skills, equipment, and abilities that can be combined into different builds. Find materials and craft weapons, then continue the campaign in New Game+ with increased difficulty and different starting demons.
Players who enjoy Hellslave often praise its hand-drawn demon and environment art and the grim atmosphere it creates. Reviews also value experimenting with abilities, gear, and build combinations, with some finding the turn-based fights and character progression satisfying. Exploration, music, and the setting earn praise too, though several players find the gameplay repetitive as the adventure goes on.
Hellslave: A Dark Fantasy Dungeon Crawler
The apocalypse is here, and humanity stands on the edge of extinction. In Hell slave, the only way to stop the demon horde is by making a pact with the Devil and choosing which of the 6 demons to worship. Will you embrace the power of darkness to save the world, or will it consume you?
Fight Fierce Enemies and Overcome Nightmarish Bosses
Deal with dozens of enemies from reanimated zombies, ghastly ghosts, and hellish demons. Confront monstrous bosses that could be the end of you or your salvation.
Unleash Powerful Demonic Abilities
Customize your character with a unique passive skill tree, and experiment with dozens of demonic powers. Master the art of synergy, create devastating combos that crush your enemies.
Explore a Dark and Dangerous World
Travel on world maps filled with dozens of unique landmarks but beware of what lurks in the dark. From villages to graveyards and crypts, destroy your foes, retrieve old relics to help the inhabitants of this doomed world.
Immerse Yourself in Dark Fantasy Art
Every moment of your journey is brought to life with stunning hand-crafted visuals and atmospheric cutscenes. Immerse yourself in a world where beauty and horror coexist, inspired by dark fantasy literature and art.
New Game+ for Endless Replays
The demons may have been defeated, but Hellslave is never the same twice. Unlock New Game+ and replay the nightmare with increased difficulty, different starting demons, and new challenges awaiting at every turn.
A Dark Fantasy Experience Like No Other
Hellslave brings classic dungeon crawling to life in a new, twisted form. Drawing inspiration from dark fantasy literature and artists like John Milton, it combines brutal turn-based combat, strategic gameplay, and a gripping story that will keep you on the edge.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 43 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
